The Colonial Records of the State of Georgia V23: Original Papers, Correspondence, Trustees, General Oglethorpe and Others, 1741-1742 (1914)

How do ministers, whether lay or ordained, form their spiritual life? What practices do they need to foster in order to become good and to be holy in their service? To answer these questions, Richard Gula invites readers to think along with him about the kind of minister they want to be: If we don’t know where we want to go, he writes, we will easily end up somewhere else. Gula then presents a variety of virtuesincluding gratitude, self-care, humor, and courageand explains how developing these qualities is essential for a ministers moral and spiritual life. By grounding a spirituality for pastoral ministry in the virtues, Gula provides a way for ministers to bridge the gap between who they are and who they hope to become in imitation of Christ Jesus.